drop command documentation

--- title: drop categories: | filters version: 0.104.0 filters: | Remove items/rows from the end of the input list/table. Counterpart of `skip`. Opposite of `last`. usage: | Remove items/rows from the end of the input list/table. Counterpart of `skip`. Opposite of `last`. editLink: false contributors: false ---  # `drop` for [filters](/commands/categories/filters.md) <div class='command-title'>Remove items&#x2f;rows from the end of the input list&#x2f;table. Counterpart of `skip`. Opposite of `last`.</div> ## Signature ```> drop {flags} (rows)``` ## Parameters - `rows`: The number of items to remove. ## Input/output types: | input | output | | --------- | --------- | | list\<any\> | list\<any\> | | table | table | ## Examples Remove the last item of a list ```nu > [0,1,2,3] | drop ╭───┬───╮ │ 0 │ 0 │ │ 1 │ 1 │ │ 2 │ 2 │ ╰───┴───╯ ``` Remove zero item of a list ```nu > [0,1,2,3] | drop 0 ╭───┬───╮ │ 0 │ 0 │ │ 1 │ 1 │ │ 2 │ 2 │ │ 3 │ 3 │ ╰───┴───╯ ``` Remove the last two items of a list ```nu > [0,1,2,3] | drop 2 ╭───┬───╮ │ 0 │ 0 │ │ 1 │ 1 │ ╰───┴───╯ ``` Remove the last row in a table ```nu > [[a, b]; [1, 2] [3, 4]] | drop 1 ╭───┬───┬───╮ │ # │ a │ b │ ├───┼───┼───┤ │ 0 │ 1 │ 2 │ ╰───┴───┴───╯ ``` ## Subcommands: | name | description | type | | ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | | [`drop column`](/commands/docs/drop_column.md) | Remove N columns at the right-hand end of the input table. To remove columns by name, use `reject`. | built-in | | [`drop nth`](/commands/docs/drop_nth.md) | Drop the selected rows. | built-in |

This document describes the `drop` command in Nushell, which removes items or rows from the end of a list or table. It details the command's signature, parameters, input/output types, examples, and subcommands.